Dan has arrived Safely

Dan and the dogs have arrived safely. He made the 2000+ mile trip in 48 hours. The dogs are a little unsure of the snow still. Our lab/boxer mix Kylie is having the most trouble with it but I am sure they will both get used to it. We are getting closer to this house closing and I am getting excited and nervous about the move. We are having to have some major roof repair work done in order to pass the inspection here. I am packing still like a crazy woman. My friend Desiree is coming to help tommorrow and my sister is coming to help Sat. So hopefully I will be done before the movers come on Wed.

Wind

I hate the wind!! It has been blowing for days here and I am ready for it to be done. We have Santa Ana winds here, it feels like you are in a wind tunnel. Last night I was taking out the garbage when a big gust of wind blew through. The lid of the trash can (which is attatched) blew up and smacked me in the face. Right square into my nose. I fell to the ground of the driveway bleeding and crying. I thought I might pass out. It hurt so bad.
The wind has kept me up most of the night it rattles the windows and the house and both kids ended up in my bed with me because the noise was scaring them too.

The journey has begun

Dan started the long drive to Illinois today. He is driving 2000 miles with 2 very large dogs. I am nervous and scared. Me and the kids won't see him for the next 2 weeks. We have never been apart for that long before. He tried reassuring me today by telling me that it was the beginning of our new life and that it was part of the road we needed to take to get there. I know that in my head but my heart aches at the same time.

Dinner and a Movie

Last night was so great. I went to dinner and a movie with my girlfriends. This special occasion is usually reserved for our birthdays but they made an exception for me since I am moving away. We went to my favorite Mexican food restaraunt: Guadalaharrys and then to see "Last Holiday" (a very funny movie). Other moms understand how rare it is to go out.
I am really blessed. My friends are like sisters to me. I don't have a lot of really close friends but the ones I do have are golden. They have been there for me through really tough times and really good times. I don't know what I am going to do when I move. I talk to Tracie almost every single day and see her almost every day too. I don't know what I will do when I can't just pop over anytime. I lean on her alot and I depend on her. She is a great scrapbooking buddy too. I have scrapbooked with her more than anyone else. She motivates me to work, like no one else. She accepts me for who I am and I love her for that.

Teri and I met through our husbands and we turned out to be closer friends than our hubbies. She has trusted me to watch both of her girls while she worked since they were babies. We are like family, we accept each other unconditionally and we have been able to tell each other anything. She is a great workout partner and has motivated me to do things I never thought I was capable of. She also keeps my hair looking great and keeps me feeling good about myself.

Glenda is way too young to be my mom, but she is my surrogate mom. She loves me as much as if I were her daughter and I love her as much as if she were my mom. She is a great listener. With Creative Memories she is my other half. We are a perfect team. She and I motivate each other, bounce ideas off each other, share products, and keep each other on track. I can't imagine running my business without her to be my tag team partner.

I met Desiree a year ago through the internet of all places. With blind faith I drove to her house to scrapbook together. We hit it off from the first moment. She is kind, generous and has a terriffic sense of humor. She is an extremely talented scrapbooker. Her layouts are amazing. I hate it that I am leaving without having spent more time with her.

Thank goodness for the internet, email and the telephone. I am going to miss my girls!!!!

10 years in storage

My dad died in 1995 when Dan and I first started dating. He collected trains. It wasn't just a little hobby, he had ALOT of trains. After he died my sister and I packed them all up and put them in storage. Boxes and boxes of trains, tracks, buildings, cars, and every other thing you can think of having to do with trains. The trains have been in storage since. Since we are moving I decided I would like to go and take some of the trains for Danny. He LOVES trains. It would make my dad happy. So today, 10 years later, we unpacked all the trains and divided them among all of us. It was very sentimental. We all played with them when we were kids and we all have different memories of them. There were more than enough for all of us to come home with several boxes of them. I think my dad would have loved to see all 5 of his grandchildren (only 1 of which was born before he died) enjoying the trains together and his kids remembering them.

We won the bid on our house today in Illinois. There will be enough room for us to set up a track for the kids and us to play with.

What Heartburn is...

Madison defined heartburn at lunch today for us: According to her it is: "a bug flying around inside your head with a light that keeps going off in your eyes and it is bumping up against your head". I think she may have it confused with a migraine, but I loved her description.

What my underwear says about me

What Your Underwear Says About You

You like to think of yourself as innocent, even though you're not! You're sexy, in that pinup girl, tease sort of way.

The Underwear Oracle

I found this link on the Empress's blog. Thought I would give it a shot.

5 Stitches

Sunday Danny had to be taken to the ER. He fell in the front yard and bumped his head on the block retaining wall outside of our house. He was bleeding profusely and it looked awful. Dan was out of town but luckily Dave was here and he went with me. Madison's friends mother took Madison home with her. We walked into the ER looking like we had walked out of a war zone. Danny had blood dripping down his face and his clothes and shoes were covered in blood. I had it on my face from holding him and all over my shirt. The triage nurse looked at him and then told us to get back in line -they are so sympathetic (not)-that he was fine and would just need a few stitches. They should have to stand in line with a 2 year old that is hurt! After an hour of waiting we finally got in to see the dr. Danny needed 5 stitches in the middle of his forehead. They had to strap the kid down in a cocoon looking thing to hold him still. The whole experience was horrifying. Danny has been having nightmares since. He wakes up screaming "Hurt, Hurt". The poor baby.

Tag your It

[A is for age:] - 36
[Bis for booze of choice:] -don't really drink but if I am splurging it will be a frozen strawberry daquiri
[C is for career:] - Mom and Creative Memories Consultant
[D is for your dad's name:] - Dean (and Claude -he passed away)
[E is for essential items to bring to a party:] -
[F is for favorite song at the moment:] - I am so out of touch I can't tell you the name of a current song unless it is by the Wiggles or Barney , but I am enjoying the song that Garth Brooks sings for Chris Le Deoux and I don't even know the title-something like Good Ride Cowboy
[G is for favorite game:] - Skipbo
[H is for hometown:] - Fillmore CA is where I grew up but not where I live now
[I is for instruments you play:] -none
[J is for jam or jelly you like:] - Grape
[K is for kids?] - 2 kids Madison and Danny
[L is for living arrangements:] -with my hubby and kids
[M is for mom's name:] - Donna
[N is for name of your crush ] -Brett Favre (don't worry my husband knows)
[O is for overnight hospital stays] - I am not even sure I know anymore -2x with childbirth, 1x to have my tonsils taken out, and about 2 months worth of stays while I was sick with the mess with my pancreas
[P is for phobias:] -heights
[R is for relationship that lasted the longest] -my husband, although I do have a friend that I have been friends with for 15 years if that counts
[S is for sexual preference:] - my husband
[T is for time you wake up:] - as late as I possibly can
{U is for underwear:] - cotton
[V is for vegetable you love:] - Corn even though it is technically not a vegetable
[W is for weekend plans:] - go drop off furniture, pick up boxes and pack and clean
[X is for x-rays you've had:] - teeth, wrist, chest, abdomen, torso, -unfortunately way too many and I'm not even counting ultrasounds, CT scans and MRI's.
[Y is for yummy food you make:] -My chili is famous and so is my snickers cake
[Z is for zodiac sign:] - Cancer